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Pontrieux to dischardge, and comming neare that port, a small frigot which they tooke to be English by her English colours which shee had out, bore upon the ''Peter'', and approaching her and the ''Peter'' approaching the land, certaine ffrench men in two boates came aboard the ''Peter'' to help hale her in, and made three shotts (two with and one without bullet) at the said frigot (Leonard Barnet commander) and afterwards shott with muskets to hinder the said frigots company from coming aboard the ''Peter'', and the said three shotts hee saith were made before the frigot shott at the ''Peter'', And otherwise hee cannot depose aving the said shipp ''Peter'' floated and was fastened with two towes to the rocks upon the ffrench coast when shee was taken by the said frigot Repeated before doctor Clerke with his precontests. Tomas Jacobses [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] *********************************** The 11th of January 1654. [CENTRE HEADING] On the behalfe of the fore said Thomas ffowell} and others touching the ''John and Ambrose''.} '''dt.''' '''2.''' '''Nicholas Noble''' of Tower hill London Grocer, aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts sworne before the right worshipfull William Clerke docter of lawes, one of the Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie, saith and deposeth. That in order to Enquire after goods lost out of the said shipp the ''John and Ambrose'' there issued out of this Court at the instance of the said Thomas ffowell and others, a warrant directed to this deponent to bringe before the Judges of this Court one William Moore of Bradwell and others to be examined touching some of the said shipps goods said to be in their hands, which warrant this deponent served upon the said William More on New yeeres day last at his house in Bradwell aforesaid, and required him by vertue thereof to come up alonge with this deponent to this Court or to give him bond for his appearance here, as is usuall in like cases, both which the said Moore refused to doe and said hee would not come alonge with this deponent except this deponent would hire him a horse and put money in his purse to beare his chardges, and further said that hee knew well how to answer the matter without coming along or giving bond for his appearance or to that effect. Repeated (sic) Nicholas Noble [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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